Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 296
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2004, 3:25 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2004, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Macon County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
45 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 42 min |
| May 26, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 44 min |
| May 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan | 22 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell, Claiborne, Hancock | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hawkins | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 42 min |
| May 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hamblen, Sullivan, Washington | 44 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Union | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan | 53 min |
| May 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Unicoi | 66 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hawkins | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 14 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 12 min |
| May 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 39 min |
| May 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson, Roane | 67 min |
| May 26, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 34 min |
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell, Yancey | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson, Washington | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 39 min |
| May 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Knox | 67 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 16 min |
| May 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Madison | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Knox | 42 min |
| May 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mitchell, Yancey | 17 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 26 min |
| May 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 40 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 22 min |
| May 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 27 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 305 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 61 more | 92 min |
| May 26, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Meade and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 10:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath and 90 more | 85 min |
| May 26, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 83 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 12:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Knox and 5 more | 97 min |
| May 26, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 8 hr |
| May 26, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 83 more | 87 min |
| May 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 88 min |
| May 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Butler, Caldwell and 31 more | 93 min |
| May 26, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 93 min |
| May 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashe, Avery, Watauga | 85 min |
| May 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caswell, Granville, Person, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham and 27 more | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 37 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 55 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.